Product audit for startups and SaaS companies

The CO-CPO product audit takes stock of your product function: vision, roadmap, prioritisation, specs, user feedback, estimation and R&D budget.

+30

CPOs in the collective

2 to 5

Working days

98%

Client satisfaction

Where our CPOs have worked

The signals that should alert you

Everything is a priority, so nothing really is

The vision changes at every steering committee

The product team works in its own corner, far from tech and business

You don't know whether your product organisation is ready for AI

What the product audit reviews

Vision : how clear it is, and how stable it stays over time
Roadmap and prioritisation : how the choices are made, and against which criteria
Specs : their quality, and the way tech uses them
User feedback : how it is collected, and what is done with it
Estimation and R&D budget : how topics are sized, and whether the budget follows your priorities
Organisation : where the product team sits and how it works, AI included

Our method

We scope your need

·A conversation with a member of the team about your challenges and your priorities
·Defining the scope of the audit
·Identifying the teams and the people to meet

We pick the right auditor

·A CPO from the collective
·A profile who knows your industry
·Matched to your stage and your type of product

We run the audit

2 to 5 days depending on your size

·Review of what exists: roadmap, specs, tools, rituals
·Interviews with the people involved
·Analysis of the six areas of the audit

We hand back the diagnosis

·The problems identified
·The strengths
·The areas to improve
·Concrete recommendations

What we see most often

Prioritisation problems

This is the most frequent finding. Priorities are not clear, or not shared between the CEO, tech and business, and the team moves forward on too many topics at once.

A vision that keeps moving

The direction changes with client meetings or ideas of the moment. The team no longer has a stable reference point to decide.

An isolated product team

It works far from tech and business. Decisions are made without it, or it makes them alone.

Organisations to rethink with AI

AI changes the way specs are written, prototyped and tested. Many product teams have not adapted their organisation yet.

What you will not get elsewhere

A CPO who knows your industry, picked for your audit

An outside, objective view of your situation

The product as a whole: vision, team and processes, not just the interface

A collective that can help you put it in place after the debrief

What makes all the difference

The CO-CPO setup

Community support

Your auditor is never alone, backed by the 30+ CPOs and 700+ CTOs of the collective

CO-CTO directory

Expert sourcing if needed to complement the CPO's work

Continuous follow-up

By a member of the team throughout the mission

Questions fréquentes

FAQ

A product audit takes stock of your product function: the vision, the roadmap and prioritisation, the specs, user feedback, estimation and the R&D budget, and the organisation of the team. At CO-CPO, it is led by a CPO from the collective who knows your industry, and it ends with concrete recommendations.

A UX audit looks at your interface and your user journeys. A product audit looks at how you decide what to build, how you prioritise and how the product team works with tech and business.

The CPO spends 2 to 5 working days depending on the size of your company. With the scoping and the debrief, the full engagement runs over 2 to 4 weeks.

The price depends on the size of the company and the scope of the audit. We send you a proposal after a first conversation about your context.

The problems identified, the strengths, the areas to improve and concrete recommendations, so that you know where to start.

You can put the recommendations in place with your teams, or get support from a fractional CPO from the collective. If the need becomes lasting, we also help you hire your CPO.

Want to know more?

Book a call with our team, we'll take care of the rest.